MicrobeWorld

The nose knows.  Microorganisms produce odors in a wide variety of ecosystems, causing a wide range of environmental, medical, and other issues. Examples include bacterial-associated human odors, odors related to livestock and pets, wastewater, foo... Read More

One of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in recent history, the recent Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak in 2008 associated with produce, stymied many public health investigators, epidemiologists, and food industry experts for an extended period ... Read More

The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact.  Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to be efficient... Read More

Over half of all new diseases in humans since 1940 have jumped from animals to humans and researchers predict that the bulk of new and emerging diseases in humans over the next century will come from domestic animals and wildlife.  Anthropozoonoses... Read More

Panelists at the American Society for Microbiology's round table on open science address questions on citation impact of open science and distribution of research, the impact of being covered by the New York Times, article half-lives, scientific society finances, open access scientific softwa... Read More

Panelists at the American Society for Microbiology's round table on open science address questions on whether the scientific results and outcomes of the public's tax funded scientific research should be available immediately and free online. Also in this clip are questions about peer review a... Read More

Panelists at the American Society for Microbiology's round table on open science address questions on whether the scientific results and outcomes of the public's tax funded scientific research should be available immediately and free online.

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Joseph Deken, Ph.D., Director/Res Prog Dev, UCSD, Samuel Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics , University of Texas-Houston Medical School and former Chair of ASM's Publications Board, and Rosie Redfield, Ph.D., Redfield Lab, University of B... Read More

Chris Condayan, Manager, Public Outreach, for the American Society for Microbiology and Stanley Maloy, Ph.D., Dean, College of Sciences and Associate Director, Center for Microbial Sciences at San Diego State University, introduces the Open Science round table discussion at ASM's General Meet... Read More

Ruth Ley speaks at ASM's General Meeting regarding her research into the human microbiome, specifically what is more important genetics or diet? Ley looks at questions such as, how has the microbiome co-evolved with its animal host species? How does diet shape the structure of gut microbial c... Read More